ADA website compliance checker
ADA demand letters cite specific things: a size picker a screen reader cannot select, a cart drawer that traps keyboard focus, a checkout field with no label. This check looks for exactly those on your store and tells you the change that removes each one.
What the check covers
- WCAG 2.2 AA checks with the axe-core engine on your live pages — images without descriptions, low contrast, unlabeled form fields, missing headings, keyboard traps, focus that disappears.
- The product pages, collections and cart a shopper actually uses, on desktop and phone layouts, not just the home page.
- Search and speed findings alongside: titles and descriptions search engines read, images that load late or heavy.
- A specific fix for every finding, written for the theme you use — and for Shopify stores, the fix applied in your theme with your approval, the original saved first.
Check your store now
The findings a demand letter would cite, on your live store. No signup, no card.
Free · 3 scans per day per store · up to 10 pages · No signup · No credit card
On Shopify: install the app to apply the fixes with your approval
Get it onShopify App StoreThe ADA and websites, as of September 2026
- Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act is applied to business websites by most federal courts and by state laws such as California’s Unruh Act ($4,000 statutory damages per violation) and New York’s.
- Filings: about 3,100 website suits in the first half of 2026, projected at 6,176 for the year, up nearly 20 % (UsableNet). E-commerce is 79 % of them; 68 % of defendants are companies under $50 million in revenue; New York, Illinois, California and Florida lead.
- Courts measure against WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA in practice. Settlements for small businesses typically run $5,000–25,000, and require remediation within 90–180 days.
- Sites running an accessibility overlay widget were named in about 23 % of March 2026 suits; a widget is not treated as remediation.
What you get
- A score per area and the list of findings grouped by cause, so "one faint footer link on 37 pages" is one row and one change.
- A PDF report you can hand to a developer or an agency, with the exact element and page for each finding.
- On Shopify: install the app to apply the fixes — the free plan includes 3 scans a month and 3 fixes every 30 days, no card.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- No checker can say that, and we will not. The ADA has no technical standard of its own; courts and settlements reference WCAG, and some WCAG criteria need human judgement. What the check does is find and help you fix the automatically detectable failures — the majority of what demand letters cite.
- Talk to a lawyer about the letter itself — this is not legal advice. In parallel, run the check: it gives you the list of specific barriers on your pages, and settlements commonly require remediation within 90–180 days with documentation. The AccessComply evidence report records each fix with before-and-after checks.
- Shopify’s checkout is Shopify’s responsibility and has been audited against WCAG 2.1 AA. Your theme, product pages, collections, images, apps and content are yours. That is what this check measures.